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MOTOBRICK.COM => Welcome To Motobrick.Com => Topic started by: janekbyd on January 09, 2017, 05:14:30 PM
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Hi. My name is Marcin, I come from Poland but I live and work in UK. I'm technician in BMW, but I work just on a cars. :dunno2:
This is my BMW K100RS 1984. I'm third owner.
First owner had this bike for 30 years, second owner was my firend and he had it for 1,5 year and now I've got it.
Bike has got service history, and it's covered 48.000km.
I would like to change my K100 in nice cafe racer, I hope that I will find awnsers for all my questions on this forum.
Thank You.
Best Regards Marcin
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Greetings, thanks for joining Motobrick!
Now, can I ask a favor? Please find a cheap, beat-up old K. It will look terrible but it will run great, because these motorcycles are almost indestructible.
Then apply your angle grinder and your ideas to the beat-up bike, and keep the K100 you've got for the ages. It is a treasure.
Just my opinion. No matter what you do, you've found a bunch of K-bike loving friends here at Motobrick.
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+1 on finding another K to cafe....
You need one to ride while working on one and that one is very nice - a shame to cafe...
Besides - it will be nicer on long trips and can ride it in cooler weather....
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+ 2 to nice to chop up really clean ones are getting harder to find. Welcome to the asylum from the land of OZ.
Regards Martin.
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+3, an RS is a great bike for our cold damp UK weather. Keep it like it is Marcin.
A few years down the line you'll be glad you did ;)
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Agreed!
My thoughts exactly. That bike was someone's pride and joy for 30 years. It looks great and is a very early K. It would be a shame to chop it up.
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Can anyone ID the seat on this bike? Custom? Aftermarket?
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He said it was an 84 so maybe the seat is a "euro" only model or an aftermarket recover.
I have an 85 FYK (US model) and seat pan is the same, it has the recess that serve as hand-grips but seat cover is smooth.
I also like the red oil-fill cover, nice mod!
PLEASE, don't chop/cafe-mod this bike, it's a beauty as it is.
cheers
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+4 Plenty of poor condition K's to cafe...as an added plus, you can expand you mechanical proficiency by working on a project! IMHO, To Cafe this bike is to take classic and "create" a project. The outcome will be a pale shadow of the original.
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i think you might be developing ransom as a supplemental income by suggesting this project, Marcin. :giggles
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Yup. Same again. I am in a quandary with mine. 1992 rs done 47000k when I inherited it. Lovely to ride in it's original kit. I have added bolt on bits that I can remove and put back on for 'trips'. Can't bring myself to cut it.
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Yup. Same again. I am in a quandary with mine. 1992 rs done 47000k when I inherited it. Lovely to ride in it's original kit. I have added bolt on bits that I can remove and put back original bits on for 'trips'. Can't bring myself to cut it.
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While looking at the pictures janekbyd posted I've noticed some differences tween the Euro 84 and my 85:
84 has black rear-sets and engine/driveline casings while mine are unpainted.
84 has large amber reflector located amidships while mine has red on the rear bag and amber on the fork.
84 has same type rear-sets, the left side has steel-loop above drivers foot to prevent foot/tire contact.
everything else appears the same.
janekbyd: don't mess with a good thing! My 85 has 203,000 MILES on it with no major mechanical failures and still runs "as new".
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I've been reluctant to pile on here about Marcin's plans to cafe this brick. Looking at the photos I wonder if it is really as nice as the photos look. First, is how faded the paint is. I've seen that red do some serious fade. Then, it looks like the crankcase cover has been painted, and not the best job either. It can be pretty hard to see how bad the frame is under the bodywork, and who knows how much corrosion there is in the nooks and crannies of the engine.
If indeed the bike is as nice as the photos make it look, then perhaps he needs to allow a good case of Kpox to infect him. Keep this bike original with a nice restoration. Then get a neglected bike with serious cosmetic issues that would be a better candidate for a cafe job. A third parts bike to support the other two will help keep parts expenditures reasonable.
This route will allow him to enjoy the brick experience as well as indulge his mechanical muse and the end result of his customizing efforts.
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Looks like we scared him away . . .
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Looks like we scared him away . . .
I don't think so. It takes a while to make an effective ransom note out of text scraps from magazines and newspapers.
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I don't think so. It takes a while to make an effective ransom note out of text scraps from magazines and newspapers.
:hehehe Do we pay in euro's or pounds?????
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:hehehe Do we pay in euro's or pounds?????
Bitcoin, probably.
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I was kinda hoping for pounds, due to the whole Brexit situation! :bmwsmile Looks like the current exchange rate will be conducive to a successful negotiation. Negotiations might trend negative in the next two weeks... :hehehe
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Hello Gents!
I've read all yours comments and I admit that I hesitate with this project from the first day.
However this bike needs full restoring, new paint and few bits and bobs. Found corrosion on a frame, plastic fairings have a few cracks, one top panel is missing.
And I still don't know what I will find under fairings.
I think that engine was painted, it's need repaint.
The Mighty Gryphon - sharp eye. :-) :2thumbup: :clap:
Anyway, I've just showed to my wife all your comments and I said that I will need another BMW for this project.
And what did she said?
- "Don't even f... start!" Ha Ha. :clap: :hehehe
She is amazing girl, not many girls can handle with my 3 motorbikes, 2 projects, 2 midi bikes of my son (age 7) and daugther (age 11) which looking for midi for herself.
For now I have 7 months of thinking and planning.
I've left bike in Poland, I will start work on it during my summer holiday.
Refurbish or rebuild project, will see..... :dunno2: :dunno
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Welcome! Though some consider it a shame to defile a classic K, sometimes the drive to create something for yourself with what you have available is much too strong to ignore. I say do whatever is in your heart and cafe the shit out of it. :2thumbup:
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The thing is,they are bloody good as is.Utilitarian.
Ride it for a year and you will know what I mean.
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How many cafes do you actually see been ridden, as compared to standard configuration bikes any brand. And I mean seriously ridden not just to the local Café, Pub, Tavern, where you sit watching people admire your work of art. I have had a café ( 69 BSA Lightning) and fortunately it came with all the standard parts which ended going back on to make it more long distance transport friendly. I loved the look of it and bought it on the looks but it was not practical. The Dude is right ride it for a year, then if you still wish to go down the café route go ahead. At least you will have a better idea.
Regards Martin.
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Hmmmm.I've got three bikes.Had them all for 40,30,29 years!A couple of others,smaller commuters,but moved them on just before they wore out.Of the ones I kept a "low rider",a parred down cafe racer and a bulk standard sports tourer.Of the first two I love the look that I have imposed on them.The two modified bikes are"improvements", in my opinion,on the originals.Streched or regressed versions of the original design intent.They "needed developing".
The low rider is a cruiser(tractor) and I did many miles touring and commuting.No serious need to get to the next stop in a hurry!(work especially).It is unique,comfortable and needs an engine overhaul every 25,000 miles...I since sold the spare swapping over motor.
The cafesque looks mean and is very stimulating,no fairing,loud and attracts attention.It is unique as well but it is very demanding and you get there early but bent double and shagged out.
The sport tourer(brick)is the one I rely on when I want to get there in good shape.It is utilitarian,reliable beyond belief,goes unnoticed,won't be stolen and is my go to ride when I'm in any doubt.This bike I could not improve to give me a unique niche.It just does it so well.
My analogy is:First love,Sexy Bitch and Wife.....
Modifying,out of genre, a good original brick would be like drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa.I think best draw it on a Picasso or perhaps a Salvador Dali where it might add some extra amusement ... :euro Leonado would not be but the other two would.
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You have to ask yourself if you could only have one bike what would it be?? :dunno
Regards Martin
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Very true Martin.Egli Vincent or Norvin.
Early on I realised from being repeatly told by older bikers;
"I used to have one of those and I wished I'd kept it".
I found a way of doing just that.Insted of replacing them with my next iteration,justify to yourself and ...others to put the old one in the back of your shed,if very fortunate and move on knowing all was not lost.My excuse was that I'd ridden them so far that the next owner would be buying a heap of shit and the true value,to me,was captivated future potential fun.I knew I would never be able to justify the reacquisition.
I still can't get past the best Brick,damn it.Each to their own. :riding: